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Railways, roads & transport, 1913

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Outrage in Persia. Railway Tragedy. Teheran, March 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 March 1913 · page 5

.[?] whose identity is unknown, alongside a carriage occupied by M. [?]stant, the Belgian Director of Customs Bushire, and his wife, and fired at them…

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Midland Railway Dispute

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 March 1913 · page 2

The Midland Railway Company has reinstated Guard Richardson. The directors recognise the possibility of oral instructions conflicting with pointed…

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British Labour Troubles. Railway Men Satisfied. London, Sydney evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 March 1913 · page 5

[?] of Amalgamated Railway Ser[?] with the decision of the Midland Railway Company with regard to Guard [?]…

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Exciting Motor Smash. Several People Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 March 1913 · page 7

Further Particulars are to hand with regard to the serious motor accident which occurred a few days ago at Stony Pinch, a difficult and dangerous hill between…

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Train Traffic Disorganised

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 March 1913 · page 3

The torrential rains were responsible for a considerable amount of damage to the railways, Government and private, and in one instance traffic was…

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Commercial. Sydney Produce Markets. John Bridge and Co.'s Report

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 March 1913 · page 4

Tallow.-Shrppers were not over anxious. but the substitution of other illluminants such as candles for gas during the late strike, stimulated the local trade…

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Railway Stations Burned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 March 1913 · page 5

The ranway stations at Launderton, Buckinghamshire, and Croxley Green, Hertford-shire, have been burned to the ground. Placards bearing the words "Votes for…

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Annual Railway Picnic, Trip to Quirindi

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 March 1913 · page 2

The annual picnic of the railway employers belonging to the Singleton, Tamworth, Manilla and Barraba section of the Great Northern line was held in the new show-…

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Railway Duplication Works

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 March 1913 · page 4

Speaking at the railway men's picnic ai Quirindi on Saturday Mr. W. G. Ashford, M.L.A., after listening to some very strong commendations of the Chief Commissioner…

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Railway Construction Work

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 March 1913 · page 4

At the railway men's picnic at Quirindi on Saturday, Mr. W. G. Ashford, M.L.A., complained of the slowness with which the railway duplication works have been…

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Cheaper Motor Power

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 March 1913 · page 5

The British Motor Cur Company has filled 1500 of its cars with a device for burning a mixture of paraffin and petrol, costing 10½ per gallon, and equal for mileage to ordinary…

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Accident at Railway

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 March 1913 · page 2

A man named James Williams, aged 29, living at Redbournberry, an employee on the railway, was shunting at the station on Sunday morning, and…

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John Bridge and Co. Ltd., Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 1

Tallow—Shippers were not over anxi[?]us but the substi[?]on of other [?] such as [?]a[?]dles for [?]as during the late strike stimulated the…

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Accident at Railway

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 2

A man named James Williams, aged 29, living at Redbournberry, an employee on the railway, was shunting at the Singleton station on…

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Railway Fares and Freights

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 4

With, reference, to the proposed deputation from the South Maitland district, to the East Greta Company regarding reduction of fares and freight on the company's railways,…

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Railway Telephone

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 4

The company has also written Mr. Shepard declining to accede to a request of the Chamber of Commerce that the Stanford-Merthyr railway station should be connected…

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Train Takes Wrong Track

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 3

The Gladstone, South Australia, passenger train took the wrong track on Monday afternoon at Balaclava, and collided with it number of empty cattle…

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Railway Time Table. Sydney and Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 3

Trains leave West Maitland for Sydney at 2.25 a.m. (Moree mail), [?]a.m., (Mondays excepted), 5.40 a.m, 6.47 a.m. (Brisbane express), 12.14 p.m…

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North Coast Railway. Work Pushed On

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 5

Good progress is being made with plate-laying at the this end of the South Grafton-Glenreagh section of the North Coast railway. The foundations for the station…

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Maitland to Lismore by Motor. 125 Miles in 23[?] Hours

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 4

On March 5 Mr. George Winkley [?] of Mr. Geo. Winkleyl, of Forest Hill Creamely, left Maitland by motor car for Lismore, In the car, which was an EMF of 25 [?]…

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